Good pics of the cabinet in its new home, with felt and most importantly....Coins!!

coinlieutenant · September 30, 2003 2:46PM

Good pics to show perspective and what the drawers actually look like and their quantity.
Cant tell you all how excited I am about this thing!!! Wish more members were close by to see it in person...

Enjoy!!

Newmismatist · September 30, 2003 2:49PM

Neat!!

Did you make it or buy it?

ms70 · September 30, 2003 2:49PM

That is such a nice cabinet. What was it originally made for?

Louis · September 30, 2003 2:53PM

coinlieutenant · September 30, 2003 2:58PM

I bought it yesterday.

It was made for what it is being used for right now!! Coins!!. It is an antique coin cabinet circa early 1900's (about 1910).

First one that I have seen after looking for 6 months...

sumnom · September 30, 2003 3:39PM

That is amazing! Where did you find it?

maddogale · September 30, 2003 9:26PM

Nice cabinet!! How about some dimensions and some more detailed pics of the drawers? I know my dad can make one of those...(for his "favorite" son

)

Stuart · September 30, 2003 9:33PM

CoinLieutenant: A very nice looking coin cabinet. Thanks for sharing the photos with us.

I think that you may sparked a new furniture business for coin collectors...

airplanenut · September 30, 2003 9:38PM

Burgundy felt! Wahoo!

Not PVC, right?

dorkkarl · September 30, 2003 9:44PM

SENSATIONAL!!!

K S

MadMonk · September 30, 2003 11:45PM

Very sweet! Hell of a find.

grip · October 1, 2003 12:56AM

Any history that went with it?A peace of Art.Al

coinlieutenant · October 1, 2003 3:28AM

Came from an estate in Carmel, CA

ohbaby · October 1, 2003 3:52AM

Super nice and classy looking! Been looking for something like this for years. The "modern" ones look and feel cheap.

Can I award a "You Suck" for a non coin item?

paigowjohnny · October 1, 2003 3:56AM

Strategically placed wedding picture on top so that wifey won't get jealous/pissed of your great furniture find....

"But honey...it's an antique..."

I' am quite jealous...I order you as a superior officer to give it to me...

coinlieutenant · October 1, 2003 6:10AM

CDR,

Strangely enough she actually suggested that we move the furniture that was there in order to put the cabinet in that set up. She really likes the cabinet too!!!!

John

supercoin · October 1, 2003 6:11AM

Cool!

And because I know dorkkarl is too afraid to ask but wants to know... can you fit slabs in it?

RYK · October 1, 2003 6:24AM

Very nice. My coins are regrettably in the not-so-nice inside of a Bank of America safety deposit box.

coinlieutenant · October 1, 2003 6:33AM

Robert,

My nice coins are too... Only some circ barbers in there now...

John

pontiacinf · October 1, 2003 6:37AM

nice coins, even nicer is ya put it right by the front door for an expediary exit

jdimmick · October 1, 2003 9:28AM

Thats a neat cabinet,

My wife loves woodworking projects. Ill see if I can get here to make one.

Bulldog · October 1, 2003 11:53AM

Very cool LT. I see the wifey made you put the wedding Pic on top. Guess she wants you to remember her from time to time, while you are drooling over the ladies in the cabinet.

That cabinet was a good score.

I hope that you have insurance for your coins, alarm system and perhaps video. If I were a thief ( I am not). I would just pick up the cabinet and run. I only say this as food for thought.

Bulldog

coinlieutenant · October 1, 2003 12:38PM

Bulldog. Good advice and will be heeded.

I will never keep any of my higher end coins in there.

Plus, mahogany is very heavy, so it would be tough to run out the door with it. It is small but weighs about 50 lbs!!

John

ROBBItheOKIE · October 1, 2003 1:11PM

Wonderful find Man, I have seen a few of these cabinets over the years, Did you refinish it or is it as you purchased it?

I seen one a while back that had a glass top in it where you could see the top drawer of coins.

The Last one I seen was the one with the glass top and it was made in the early twenties, seems like it was from a Furniture maker in New Hampshire, no longer in business.

OUTSTANDING find. Robbi

coinlieutenant · October 1, 2003 1:13PM

Robbi,

That is how it was purchased. The glass topped one sounds super cool.

I am going to keep an eye out for these puppies in the future too. Think that they are very undervalued!

John

ROBBItheOKIE · October 1, 2003 1:33PM

Oh most definantly, the one with the glass top was way undervalued it sold for like 60 dollars and I was pretty sure that it was probably one of a kind, very much doubt it was mass produced, Seem like most of the antique furnishings and stuff from the early part of the century was all handmade by craftsman and not assembled in a factory. But you can find things that were made in the fifties and sixties that were made on a more larger scale, I seen one that was made in late sixties and it was almost the size of a small upright piano. Made somewhere in the mid states, and considering its size it sold back in around 1985 or so for 70 dollars that was a small price to pay for something that exquisite, Today that same piece might fetch somewhere in the 4 digit range, you have a masterpiece. Would be neat if you could find a craftsman mark on it.

coinlieutenant · October 1, 2003 1:53PM

Been looking but havent found anything yet...

John

JohnZ · October 1, 2003 1:59PM

Damn, your wife is hot.

coinlieutenant · October 1, 2003 2:46PM

John,

Thanks, but how do you know what she looks like?

J

JohnZ · October 1, 2003 3:22PM

The wedding picture of course!

Gemini · October 1, 2003 7:21PM

I think that beautiful cabinet was built by the famous cabinet making duo who were known years ago as Chip and Dale...

Good pics of the cabinet in its new home, with felt and most importantly....Coins!!

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